Thursday, March 29, 2012

Who Thinks Kiss Should Be in the Hall of Fame? Kiss, For One

With the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2012 induction ceremony coming up in April, one of the stars of the rock band Kiss says he continues to be perplexed by the fact that his band has yet to be voted in.

Kiss lead singer and guitarist Paul Stanley said he considers the fact that Kiss hasn’t made it, despite the fact that the band has been eligible since 1999, a slight to the band’s fans. “I know that it’s important to a lot of the fans. Certainly if we were to get inducted, I would accept it on behalf of the fans, because it matters to them,” Stanley said. “But I don’t need validation from an organization where I don’t even know who is doing the voting.”

Stanley’s comments follow an on-camera interview he gave the WSJ earlier this year in which he spoke candidly about the group’s entrepreneurial success. Kiss and Motley Crue members recently announced a joint summer tour at a press conference. Kiss bassist Gene Simmons told Rolling Stone at the conference that Kiss’ absence from the Hall of Fame has “become a joke.”

Stanley told the WSJ that he believes the Hall of Fame judges have intentionally excluded Kiss.